Players can represent Iceland at any level as long as they are eligible, giving them the option to compete for the U21s, senior team, and then U21s once more.

This has been the case for several senior team players like Eiður Guðjohnsen, Heiðar Helguson, Jón Daði Böðvarsson and Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson.

From 1978 to 2009 the team never qualified for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship tournament finals.

[2] In the next stage they played against Scotland in a two-legged affair in which they won 4–2 on aggregate over the two games.

[3] Their remarkable qualification campaign saw them qualify for the finals where they were drawn against Belarus, Denmark and Switzerland in Group A.